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Boxing Day: foxhunting
A fox hunt celebrating Boxing Day in England, 2004.
Boxing Day
public holiday
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- Christmas
- St. Stephen’s Day
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Boxing Day, in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries, particularly Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, holiday (December 26) on which servants, tradespeople, and the poor traditionally were presented with gifts. By the 21st century it had become a day associated with shopping and sporting events. Explanations for the origin of the name have varied, with some believing that it derived from the opening of alms boxes that had been placed in churches for the collection of donations to aid the poor. Others, however, have held that it came from the boxes of gifts given to employees on the day after ...(100 of 246 words)